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  1. jokin
    So does foresight. There were a whole slew of people on this forum and elsewhere, including reporters, who questioned the move the day he officially wasn't protected, the day they lost him in the Rule 5, and the day that Duesning was (for no apparent reason other than he was an organizational mainstay) re-signed, and also the day Thielbar was retained on the opening day roster.
  2. jokin
    I guess not so obvious.... Alex Meyer heading out, 6-man rotation heading in...
  3. jokin
    So why on this decision?
  4. jokin
    Vielma's SLG for the season is .290, not .583.
  5. jokin
    What has happened has been the result of misunderstanding a unique skill set, a poor developmental plan and a bit of panic thrown in. And despite what some might say, he's more than "just another guy". The Twins are going back to do the remedial things that should have been addressed at this level a year ago, and obviously weren't even touched upon. Here's Radcliff's remarks about the Burdi demotion and what they have next in store for him: Radclif in effect confirms, especially in his closing comments, that what "he (Burdi) ran into in AA", should likely have happened last year. The "fixing" could have been done last year, and in the offseason, and then chances are he'd be "going forward" now instead of backwards and "thinking right", now already.
  6. jokin
    The 6.53 BB/9 and 9.54 H/9 doesn't give you pause?
  7. jokin
    Your descriptors are a pretty close comp to Chris Young, who had a really good first five years to his career. I'd take that from a 6'10" 5th rounder.
  8. jokin
    \ That's not exactly a crisp defense of the Twins personnel decision-making. In effect, what you're saying is that the Twins decided that Gilmarin was the third , actually 4th if you count O'Rourke, best LHP option in the minors, and evidently, they have had no interest in any of them helping, despite the LHP disaster in the major league pen, and yet, the Mets -who are all-in this year, with a far superior pen to the Twins ( 11th best by fWAR, vs 24th best for the Twins) were more than happy to make room for another LHP in their pen. Oh, and let's not forget, Thompson, Duensing and T-Bar in this LHP options equation, all were clearly seen as superior options to Gilmartin. FWIW, it looks like T-Bar is nearing the end of the road. Tonight in 1 IP, he gave up 4 ER on 3 Hits, 3 BB and 0 K.
  9. jokin
    Not too old for catchers in the FSL, 7 of 14 catchers with 140 or more ABs are either 24 or 25 . Most players tend to show a bit of "zero power" in the FSL. His main strength in college was his plate discipline/OBP. Definitely not a top prospect, but not one to completely dismiss, either.
  10. jokin
    Bryant Hayman 6'2" 240#s HR 13 Slash .359/.439/.635/(1.075) K% 15% BB% 10.4% I'm thinking he's going to lead the GCL team in many offensive categories, plus he's a college senior. Sounds like the perfect fit and role for an organizational guy. But probably not too many D-II Catchers who end up helping at the major league level.
  11. jokin
    Man you're on a roll, preach it brother.
  12. jokin
    This
  13. jokin
    Good summation.
  14. jokin
    He looks to still be on double secret probation- the Twins appeared to be miffed at that report of a last-minute injury and pulling himself from that Saturday game. Although he's still listed as under rehab, he technically should be able to come off of the DL at any time.
  15. jokin
    And actually Gardy, and some of us in the peanut gallery, were on to this 1.333 years ago. But up until this year, they did give him the ball every 5th day, and he produced at a league-dominant level, including at the highest minor league level, they have shown both they and Meyer himself, were unable to fix the irregularity of his mechanics, or deal with his psychological blocks. Miguel Sano, on the other hand, appears to have made the requisite adjustments and acquired better habits and techniques to combat AA pitching the second time around. This will be well worth watching at the major league level for both Sano and Meyer. Of the two, Meyer for sure will be gone by the ASG if he doesn't show some developing MLB aptitude.
  16. jokin
    +1 Spot on.
  17. jokin
    The problem is- the plan failed, spectacularly so.
  18. jokin
    Jonathan Mayo weighs in this morning on where Sano rates compared to the rest of MLB's top prospects in the year of "Promoto-Palooza" and what this move means for the Twins chances. Good point on his steadily improving plate discipline, this year, he actually has his lowest K% since Rookie ball: http://mediadownloads.mlb.com/mlbam/2015/07/02/images/mlbf_217580283_th_45.jpg
  19. jokin
    Add Mitch Garver to the list. Didn't do much last night, but his bat and high OBP proclivities are finally kicking into high gear after a long adjustment period to High A. For June, his BA was .330 with a .416 OBP.
  20. jokin
    1) And who knows what Sano could have done last year? He hit 35 HR in 2013 with a .280 average in A+ and AA- and at age 20! 2) Great point on Schwarber vs Sano. I comped them in the minor league thread. Sano actually out-performed Schwarber from late April to now (once he shook off that lost 1.5 years).
  21. jokin
    Well-stated. Vargas needed regular ABs to put to use what Bruno was imparting to him in the cage. It appears they still aren't on the same page. Molitor is currently riding Nunez's hot hand at the plate and giving him regular playing time at SS- to the detriment of the defense, why didn't he ride a bit longer with Vargas in May- when he couldn't hurt the defense at DH?
  22. jokin
    Old adages survive because they are possessed with the ring of truth. Spot on. From the time I saw him throw in early May, until you saw him here in June, it sounds like nothing at all has changed. He was throwing 98 and an occasional 99, but in hitter's counts, the opposition was sitting on those FBs right down the middle of the plate. Clearly,when I saw him throw, there was both lack of command and lack of a plan.
  23. jokin
    No, this was forwards thinking- make the adjustments in real time to hitters at his own appropriate level of competitiveness, not beating up on the helpless and unprepared with stuff that clearly hasn't translated at more experienced hitters. It would be far better to have made the changes last year to enable him to pick things up and not lose a whole year, maybe perhaps ending up being two years, of development time. Only now in the aftermath of that shortsightedness, the best hope is to step back, clean up the mess that both the developmental staff and the player have made of his career thus far.
  24. jokin
    Go ahead and chuckle. The numbers don't lie, multiple writers and analysts have questioned how this has been handled. How do you get your confidence up and look less lost at the plate but from getting regular at bats? All during that period, the coaching staff was actively and publicly working on changing his approach at the plate- which of course lead to struggles and spurts. Your reasoning in your closing paragraph is as baffling as the Twins decision for the May demotion.
  25. jokin
    Clearly something's getting lost in the translation from coach to player.
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